Obituaries

Sunday

Feb 12, 2006 at 12:01 AM

OLD TOWN - Marion J. Golden, 73, a car knocker for a railroad company, died Thursday, Feb. 9, 2006, in Old Town.
A native of Ochlocknee, Ga., he moved to Old Town from Miramar in 1998. Mr. Golden was a member of Praise Christian Church and a U.S. Army veteran.
Survivors include his wife, Victoria A. Golden, Old Town; daughters Tina M. Whiting, Ocala, and Michelle Golden, Old Town; sons Glen Whiting, Ocala, and John M. Golden, Old Town; sisters Juanita Stone, Fellowship, Ruth Manning, Deltona, Sharon Gordy, Lakeland, Dianne Dean, Miami, and Eunice Stone and Yvonne Evans, both of Ocala; brothers Kenneth Golden, Ocala, Ronald Golden, Cocoa, and Eugene Golden, Rockledge.
Hiers Funeral Home, Ocala, provided information.

OCALA - Genevieve L. Hogan, 87, an assistant secretary for Independent Life Insurance Co., died Thursday, Feb. 9, 2006, at Surrey Place of Ocala.
A native of Brooklyn, N.Y., she came here from Jacksonville in 1986. She was a member of Queen of Peace Catholic Church.
Survivors include her brother, John R. Barry, Ocala.
Roberts Funeral Home, Bruce Ocala West Chapel, provided information.

OCALA - Thelma I. Thompson, 86, a homemaker, died Thursday, Feb. 9, 2006, at Munroe Regional Medical Center.
A native of Staten Island, she came here in 1982. Mrs. Thompson was a member of Sparr Baptist Church.
Survivors include her daughter, Judith L. Lunde, Staten Island; sons John E. Thompson Jr. and David A. Thompson, both of Ocala; sisters Gretchen Kennedy, Ocala, and Elsa DiMauro, Staten Island; five grandchildren; and 13 great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband, John E. Thompson Sr., and a sister, Frances Drysdale.
Hiers Funeral Home, Ocala, provided information.

DUNNELLON - Litta Elizabeth Rosanne Adams-Watts, 92, a retired nursing teacher, died Thursday, Feb. 9, 2006, at Citrus Memorial Health System Hospice Unit.
A native of Roanoke, Ill., she moved to Dunnellon from Citrus Springs in 1978. Mrs. Adams-Watts was a member of Community Congregational Christian Church of Citrus Springs. She was a Hospice of Citrus County volunteer for many years.
Survivors include her husband, Herman J. Watts, Dunnellon; son, Edward E. Winkler, Peoria Heights, Ill.; daughter, Donna K. Smith, Peoria Heights; sisters Shirley Mitchell and Frances Hountz, both of Roanoke; five grandchildren; three step-grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; one step-great-grandchild; and two great-great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by a sister, Minnie Volk, a brother, Edward Cox and a granddaughter Diana Hensley.
Memorial contributions may be made to either Hospice of Citrus County or to Community Congregational Christian Church of Citrus Springs.
Roberts Funeral Home, Dunnellon, provided information.